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Language Development and Speech Intelligibility of Arabic Speaking Children Using Cochlear Implant

Rabeea Al Sabeela, Safinaz Nagib Azab

Correspondence Address :

Safinaz Nagib Azab
2Phoniatrics Consultant
King Abd Al Aziz Specialized Hospital, Jouf
Saudi Arabia
Tel: 02-26076976, 0100783848
Email: safynagib@hotmail.com

Received on: April 17, 2018, Accepted on: April 27, 2018, Published on: May 04, 2018

Citation: Safinaz Nagib Azab, Rabeea Al Sabeela (2018). Language Development and Speech Intelligibility of Arabic Speaking Children Using Cochlear Implant

Copyright: 2018 Safinaz Nagib Azab, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract
Cochlear implanted children are expected to take advantage of the young age at implantation giving best chances for developing optimal language and speech skills. In this study, two groups of prelingually deafened children were followed up over a period of 1 year after implantation to determine the effect of implantation on their language and speech skills as well as their auditory abilities. The first group [early implanted (GI)] consisted of 10 children who received their implantation at or before the age of 3 years, 8 months. The second group [late implanted (GII)] received their implants after the age of 3 years, 8 months. Both groups received the same habilitation program. The results showed that both groups produced highly significant improvement after 1 year in language skills, auditory abilities, and speech reading abilities. The results also showed that - 1 year after implantation - there were significant differences between both groups concerning auditory abilities, speech reading abilities and speech skills in favor of the early implant group. Language development, however, did not show a significant difference between both groups. Language improvement quotient (measured as the amount of language improvement in months divided by 12 months) showed non-significant difference between both groups 1 year after implantation. These results indicate that early implantation has a favorable effect on speech characteristics as well as the auditory abilities of cochlear implanted children. However, it is too early to judge the effect of the age at implantation on the language acquisition skills of these children.

Keywords: Prelingual cochlear implantation, implantation age, language and speech skills